Ingram Micro Named Fortinet Distributor of the Year

Annual partner award honors Ingram Micro’s exceptional efforts in enabling channel partners to grow their Fortinet business

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ingram Micro Inc. is honored to be named Fortinet’s Distributor of the Year for the U.S. The win marks the fifth time Ingram Micro has been presented with the award.

The Fortinet Partner of the Year Awards recognizes dedicated and distinguished Fortinet partners and distributors around the world. Fortinet’s channel partners, including Ingram Micro, play a critical role in helping Fortinet secure users, devices, applications, and edges everywhere.

Ingram Micro has now earned the title of Fortinet’s Distributor of the Year for two years in a row. Fortinet attributes Ingram Micro’s continued success to its proven and unrivaled ability to deliver substantial year-over-year growth for Fortinet’s partners and its portfolio of award-winning security solutions.

“We take great pride in growing the Fortinet business and enabling Fortinet channel partners throughout the U.S.,” says Eric Kohl, vice president, Networking and Security, Ingram Micro. “In addition to our partner outreach and enablement efforts, Ingram Micro also brings an array of unique resources to Fortinet’s channel partners, including our Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, our Security Tech Force, and our financial services portfolio. Our business and technical resources are growth accelerators for channel partners, and we’re honored to be recognized by Fortinet for our efforts and commitment.”

With a focus on training, education and enablement, in 2021 the Ingram Micro team welcomed 1,000+ new partners to the Fortinet partner program and worked closely to get them on boarded and ready to grow together.

Additionally, Ingram Micro’s new Fortinet Forward program was developed internally to bring specialized support and even more dedicated resources to those channel partners in the U.S. who led with or standardize on Fortinet solutions.

For more about the 2021 Fortinet Partner of the Year Award Winners visit here.

About Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro helps businesses realize the promise of technology. It delivers a full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world. Deep expertise in technology solutions, mobility, cloud, and supply chain solutions enables its business partners to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. Unrivaled agility, deep market insights and the trust and dependability that come from decades of proven relationships, set Ingram Micro apart and ahead. Discover how Ingram Micro can help you realize the promise of technology. More at www.ingrammicro.com.